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Rh of the Exchequer, December, 1905—April, 1908. Present appointment, April, 1908.

2. Lord President of the Council.—Right Hon. Viscount Morley of Blackburn, born 1838; educated at Cheltenham and at Lincoln College, Oxford; called to the Bar, 1873; M.P. for Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1893-95, for Montrose Burghs, 1896-1908; raised to the peerage, 1908; Secretary of State for India, December, 1905, to November, 1910. Present appointment, November, 1910.

3. Lord High Chancellor.—Right Hon Viscount Haldane, born 1856; educated at the University of Edinburgh and Göttingen; called to the Bar in 1879; M.P. for Haddingtonshire 1885 to 1911. Created a peer, 1911. Secretary of State for War, December, 1905, to June, 1912, Present appointment, June, 1912.

4. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.—Right Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Bart., born 1862; educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford; M.P. for Berwick-on-Tweed Division since 1885; Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1892-95. Present appointment, December 11, 1905.

5. Secretary of State for India and Lord Privy Seal.—Right Hon. the Marquis of Crewe, born 1858; educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; succeeded to the peerage as Lord Houghton in 1885; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1892-95; created Earl of Crewe in 1895 and Marquis in 1911; Secretary of State for the Colonies, April, 1908, to November, 1910; Lord Privy Seal, October, 1908 to October, 1911, reappointed, February, 1912. Present appointment as Secretary for India, November, 1910.

6. Secretary of State for the Home Department.—Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, born 1863; educated at King's College, London, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; called to the Bar, 1887; M.P. for North Monmouthshire since 1895; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, December, 1905; President of the Board of Education, 1907; First Lord of the Admiralty, April, 1908 to October, 1911, Present appointment, October, 1911.

7. Secretary of State for the Colonies.—Right Hon. L. V. Harcourt, born 1861; educated at Eton; M.P. for Rossendale Division of Lancashire, 1904; Privy Councillor, 1905; First Commissioner of Works, December, 1905, to November, 1910; entered the Cabinet, March, 1907. Present appointment, November, 1910.

8. Secretary of State for War.—Right Hon. Colonel J. E. B. Seely, D.S.O. born 1868; educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; called to the Bar in 1897; served in South African war with the Imperial Yeomanry, 1900-01; M.P. for Isle of Wight, 1900-06. first as Unionist and then as Liberal; for Abercromby division of Liverpool, 1906 to January, 1910; and for Ilkeston division of Derbyshire since March, 1910. Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 1908-11; Under-Secretary for War, 1911 to June, 1912. Present appointment, June, 1912

9. Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Right Hon. D. Lloyd-George, born 1863; admitted a solicitor in 1884; M.P. for Carnarvon District since 1890; President of the Board of Trade, 1905-08. Present appointment, April, 1908.

10. First Lord of the Admiralty.—Right Hon. W. L. Spencer Churchill, born 1874; educated at Harrow and Sandhurst; was lieutenant of the 4th Hussars; was with the Spanish forces in Cuba; served with the Malakand Field Force, 1897 (mentioned in despatches); with the Tirah Expedition, 1898; with the Nile Expedition, 1898; in South Africa, 1899-1900, with the South African Light Horse (was taken prisoner but